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June 20, 2014 The Centers for Disease Control said today that up to 75 of its Atlanta-based workers may have been accidentally exposed to live anthrax. Reuters reports that the researchers did not take the prescribed safety measures when handling and transferring the anthrax: The potential exposure occurred after researchers working in a...

June 18, 2014 According to a new poll by NBC and the Wall Street Journal, conducted before ISIS began rapidly seizing control in Iraq, President Barack Obama's foreign policy approval rating is, at 37 percent, the lowest it's ever been. The president got bad reviews in most categories. Obama's overall job approval rating...

June 17, 2014 Earlier today, the Department of Veterans Affairs sent out a seemingly innocuous tweet about oceans, which ended up causing something of a firestorm amongst the department's critics. Our ocean is under threat. Join people all over the world and make a difference. #OurOcean2014 http://t.co/KJ9qtbd1hl — Veterans Affairs (@DeptVetAffairs) June 16,...

June 13, 2014 Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who was released after being held by the Taliban in exchange for five of the group's leaders being held in Guantanamo Bay, has finally returned to the U.S. The prisoner of war's release has prompted much criticism from lawmakers who fear the exchange will put U.S....

June 12, 2014 Members of the al Qaeda splinter group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, have successfully seized the Iraqi cities of Mosul and Tikrit, and are now heading toward Baghdad. According to Reuters, Iraqi troops — who have been criticized by the government for abandoning their posts in the...

June 11, 2014 Islamist militants from the al-Qaeda splinter group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), who have been in control of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul since Monday night, have now seized the building housing the Turkish consulate. There are reportedly dozens of hostages. Militants seize 48 Turks at...

June 9, 2014 The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for an hours-long overnight attack on the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, which killed dozens of people and left several injured. The New York Times put the death toll from the incident at 29, including the attackers. The BBC reported 28 dead, and Reuters...

June 4, 2014 NASA revealed today one of the most colorful and comprehensive composite shots of deep space, a work that draws on nine year's worth of shots taken by the Hubble Telescope. According to researcher Rogier Windhorst, " It's the deepest panchromatic image of the sky ever made. It reaches the faintness...

June 2, 2014 Over the weekend, President Barack Obama announced that Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, 28, the only American P.O.W. from the Afghanistan war, had been released. Since then, many critics have questioned the decision to swap five top Taliban operatives, held in Guantanamo Bay, for the soldier, saying that swap will ultimately...

May 28, 2014 President Barack Obama may announce today that the U.S. Army will start to train and equip moderate Syrian rebels, heeding a three-year call from the Syrian opposition for more help against Bashar al-Assad, despite fears that such a program could ultimately put the U.S. at risk. Yesterday, a senior White...

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